A3-14(AG01)028-IWD
Study Committee B3
STUDY COMMITTEE B3
STUDY COMMITTEE B3
Prepared by Slawomir SAMEK in February 2014
SUBSTATIONS
Design, construction,
maintenance and ongoing
management of substations and
electrical installations in power
stations (excluding generators)
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Study Committee B3
STUDY COMMITTEE B3
STUDY COMMITTEE
24 Regular Members, 14 Observer Members, 2 Special Reporters, all WB Convenors
Advisory Area
AA1
CONCEPTS &
DEVELOPMENTS
Advisory Area
AA2
GAS INSULATED
SWITCHGEAR/GAS
INSULATED
LINES/SF6
Advisory Area
AA3
Advisory Area
AA4
AIR INSULATED
SUBSTATIONS
SUBSTATION
MANAGEMENT
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STUDY COMMITTEE B3
Study Committee B3
Study Committee Chairman
Terry KRIEG
SAG
CAG
Terry KRIEG
Michael MACKEY
SC Secretary
Claude COUNAN
(Romain MIGNE)
TAG
Piet KNOL
AA1
AA2
AA3
AA4
Mark OSBORNE
Peter GLAUBITZ
Akira OKADA
Johan SMIT
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Study Committee B3
SC B3 MEETINGS
 49th SC B3 meeting on 30th August
2012 in Paris
 50th SC B3 meeting on 12th
September 2013 in Brisbane,
together with SC B3/D1 colloquium
 51st SC B3 meeting on 28th August
2014 in Paris
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Strategic Advisory Group
SAG
KEY TASKS:
 Update of the Strategic Plan and of the Action Plan
 Discussing and preparing proposals for future
activities
 Propose new Working Groups
 Screening and reporting of the activities of Working
Groups and SC members
 Selection and preparation of future meetings or events
 Issuing proposals to the Technical Committee
 Cooperation with other international bodies such as
IEE, IEEE, CIRED, VDE
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Customer Advisory Group
CAG
ACTIVITIES:
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Identify opportunities to increase customer satisfaction
Collect relevant feedback from CIGRE customers
Prioritize new work and suggest preferential subjects
Develop and implement concepts for active
communication with customers
 Report on the above for discussion during the
meetings of the Study Committee
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Customer Advisory Group
CAG
TARGET GROUPS:
 Engineers and managers in the electrical power
industry
 Consultants/Contractors
 Utilities
 Investors/Owners
 Non-engineer personnel of utilities, power plants
 Governmental or non-government agencies
 Regulators
 Universities
 Young engineers and students
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Tutorial Advisory Group
TAG
ACTIVITIES:
 ELECRAMA 2012 (India, 20/21 January):
 Responsible use of SF6 (P. Glaubitz)
 Standardization vs. Innovation in substation design
(T. Krieg)
 Joint D1/B3 Colloquium 2013 (Australia, 11 September):
 SF6 - What are the Issues? (T. Krieg)
 International Situation - Regional Issues
(P. Glaubitz)
 SF6 Analysis and GIS Residual Life Management
(E. Duggan, K. Pohlink)
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Tutorial Advisory Group
TAG
ACTIVITIES:
 Discussion tutorial subjects for the SCB3 meeting in
2015 and possible other events
 Stimulate WG’s to provide tutorials as an delivery
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SAG, CAG, TAG
ACTIVITIES:
 SAG/CAG/TAG Meeting,
7 ÷ 9 May, 2014, The Netherlands
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Advisory Area AA1
CONCEPTS & DEVELOPMENTS
 WG B3.13 „ Reducing replacement time of HV
equipment” (Francois Gallon) - struggling with
membership
Technical Brochure due 2013.
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Advisory Area AA1
CONCEPTS & DEVELOPMENTS
 JWG B3/C1/C2.14 „Circuit configuration
optimisation” (Gerd Lingner)
 No C2 membership.
 One Corresponding member from C1.
Technical Brochure was sent for approval in
August 2013.
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Advisory Area AA1
CONCEPTS & DEVELOPMENTS
 WG B3.35 „Substation Earthing System design
optimisation through the application of
quantified risk analysis” (Bill Carman)
Final Report 2016.
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Advisory Area AA1
CONCEPTS & DEVELOPMENTS
 WG B3.36 „Special considerations for AC
collector systems and substations associated
with HVDC connected wind power plants”
(Peter Sanderberg)
Technical Brochure due 2013.
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CONCEPTS & DEVELOPMENTS
FUTURE WORK TOPICS
NEW TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) IN DEVELOPMENT
 DC Substation requirements,
 Impact of cables on substation design,
 Recommendations for design and operation of rural
substations,
 Impact of NCIT on substation design - adapting design
for IEC 61850, location of Control and Protection,
 Lightning protection for substations.
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Advisory Area AA2
GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
 WG B3.24 „Benefit of Partial Discharge
diagnosis on Gas Insulated Switchgear
condition assessment” (Mark Reuter)
Technical Brochure 2015.
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Advisory Area AA2
GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
 WG B3.25 „SF6-analysis for AIS, GIS and MTS
Condition Assessment” (Eamonn Duggan)
TB No 567 SF6 Analysis for AIS, GIS and MTS
Condition Assessment was published in
February 2014.
Report with the some title was published in
ELECTRA, No 272, February 2014.
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GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
 JWG B3/B1.27 „Factors for investment decision
GIL vs. Cables for AC Transmission”
(Hermann Koch)
Publication scheduled for 2014.
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GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
 WG B3.29 „Field Tests Technology on UHV
Substation during construction and operation”
(Guangfan Li)
TB No 562 Field Tests Technology for UHV
Substations was published in December 2013.
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Advisory Area AA2
GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
 WG B3.30 „Guide to minimize the use of SF6
during routine testing of electrical
equipment”(Silvio Stangherlin)
A draft of the Technical Brochure was sent to
SC B3 members in February 2014 - internal
approval in SC B3 by February 28, 2014.
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Advisory Area AA2
GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
 JWG B1/B3.33 „Common dry type interfaces for
GIS connections above 52 kV for Extruded AC
cables” (Pierre Mirebeau)
Publication scheduled for 2013/2014.
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Advisory Area AA2
GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
 WG B3.37 „Internal arc effects in medium
voltage switchgear (1÷52 kV) - mitigation
techniques” (Didier Fulchiron)
 ToR approved 07/2013.
 Target: fault current limitation in MV GIS/AIS
review methods, mapping of existing technical
solutions, review of standards and
specifications, benefits, guidance for the user
on relevant selection parameters.
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Advisory Area AA2
GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
 WG B3.37 „Internal arc effects in medium
voltage switchgear (1÷52 kV) - mitigation
techniques” (Didier Fulchiron)
 22 experts currently proposed from 10
National Committees.
 Web page and collaboration area set-up.
 Final report scheduled in 2017.
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Advisory Area AA2
GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
 JWG D1/B3.57 „Dielectric Testing of gasinsulated HVDC Systems” (Claus Neumann)
Report in ELECTRA or Technical Brochure with
summary in ELECTRA - 2016.
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GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
FUTURE WORK TOPICS
NEW TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) IN DEVELOPMENT
 Measuring the parameters of SF6 Gas,
 HV DC GIS Switchgear,
 The impact on GIS based on the implementation of
NCIT technology.
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Advisory Area AA2
GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
FUTURE WORK TOPICS
NEW TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) IN DEVELOPMENT
 WG B3.39 „Impact of NCIT applications on HV
Gas Insulated Switchgear” (Karsten Pohlink)
Start:
Final report:
2014
2017
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GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR/GAS INSULATED LINES/SF6
FUTURE WORK TOPICS
 Mobile substations,
 Influence of HV testing (GIS cable) on GIS,
 GIS-single line diagram layout - Gas compartment
optimization and service continuity,
 GIS interfaces, extension, maintenance concepts.
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Advisory Area AA3
AIR INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
 WG B3.23 „Guidelines for Uprating &
Upgrading of Substations” (Hiroshi Imagawa)
TB No 532 Substation Uprating and Upgrading
was published in April 2013.
Report with the some title was published in
ELECTRA, No 267, April 2013.
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Advisory Area AA3
AIR INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
 WG B3.31 „Air Insulated Substations Design
for Severe Climate Condition” (Mark McVey)
Publication in ELECTRA June 2014 / Technical
Brochure August 2014.
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AIR INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
 WG B3.32 „Saving through Optimized
Maintenance of Air Insulated Substations”
(Hugh Cunningham)
Publication in ELECTRA September 2014 /
Technical Brochure December 2014.
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AIR INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
 WG B3.38 „Management of risk in Substations”
(Gerald Buchs)
Start:
Summary in ELECTRA:
Technical Brochure:
Tutorial:
March 2014
October 2017
December 2017
2017
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AIR INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
FUTURE WORK TOPICS
NEW TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) IN DEVELOPMENT
 Substation earthing system design optimisation deterministic and probabilistic approach
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Advisory Area AA4
SUBSTATIONS MANAGEMENT
 WG B3.06 „Substation Management”
(Johan Smit)
TF01: Revision of a document on contracting of
maintenance outsourcing. / Publication at the
Doble Conference in Boston, March 25÷30,
2012.
Practical Guide for the Outsourcing of Asset
Management Services is finalized
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Advisory Area AA4
SUBSTATIONS MANAGEMENT
 WG B3.06 „Substation Management”
(Johan Smit)
TF05: Practical Application of asset
management information strategies.
TB No 576 IT Strategies for Asset Management
of Substations – General Principles was
published in April 2014.
The majority of active members of WG B3.06
transfer their activities to WG B3.34.
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SUBSTATIONS MANAGEMENT
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SUBSTATIONS MANAGEMENT
 WG B3.34 „Expected Impact of Future Grids on
Substation Management” (Johan Smit)
The WG expects to issue a final Technical
Brochure in 2014.
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SC B3 GREEN BOOK
Green Book Schedule
 Still early days on the SC B3 Green Book.
 SC B3 agreed to proceed at the Paris 2012
session.
 Discussion at Brisbane 2013.
 Duration will be approximately 2÷3 years.
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Organisation for Substation Reference Book
Chapter Title
Chapter Manager
Introduction
John Finn
Planning and Concepts
John Finn
Air Insulated Substations
Vacant
Gas Insulated Substations
Vacant
Mixed Technology Substations and Gas Insulated Lines Tokio Yamagiwa
UHV and Offshore Substations
Takeshi Yokota
Secondary Installations
John Ainsworth
Environmental Effect of and on Substations
Jarmo Elovaara
Substation Management Issues
Johan Smit
Future Trends
Mark Osborne
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SC B3 GREEN BOOK
Organisation for Substation Reference Book
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
• Explain purpose of the book and how to use it
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CHAPTER 2
PLANNING AND CONCEPT
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Turnkey substations
Combining innovation and standardization
Functional specs and evaluation
Philosophy of substation reliability
Use of computers in design and building of stations
Substation design process
Effect of safety regulations on design of substations
Evaluation of different switchgear technologies
Substations bus-switching arrangements - requirements and reliability
New functionalities on Substation design
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Organisation for Substation Reference Book
CHAPTER 3
AIR-INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
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Cost reduction AIS
Renewal AIS
Mechanical aspects AIS: various brochures and papers available
Design of AIS, mechanical effects of short-circuit currents, stiff busbars, aeolian vibration
tubular busbars, dynamic short-circuit stress of busbar structures, paper-oil measurement
transformer
Influence of clearance distances on price of 420 kV outdoor substations
Measurement of short-circuit stresses on rigid conductor busbar systems
Thermal and dynamics effects of heavy short-circuit currents in HV ss
Phase to ground and phase to phase air clearances in substations
Uprating and upgrading
Seismic performance existing stations
Foundations of steel and prefab concrete
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SC B3 GREEN BOOK
Organisation for Substation Reference Book
CHAPTER 4
GAS-INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
• GIS: economical and environmentally optimized design, installation and
maintenance experience, database, earthing, condition monitoring,
uprating and upgrading, various brochures and Electra papers, transient
ground potential rise in GIS, pressure rise in GIS (single phase type),
disconnect switches, grounding switches, work conditions for maintenance,
• Arrangement metal enclosed substations
• Enclosures for gas filled electrical equipment
• Effect of current rating on cost of metal-clad HV switchgear
• Testing of metal enclosed HV stations
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SC B3 GREEN BOOK
Organisation for Substation Reference Book
CHAPTER 5
MIXED TECHNOLOGY SUBSTATIONS
• Explain the relevance and use of mixed technology equipment within
substations
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Organisation for Substation Reference Book
CHAPTER 6
UHV AND OFFSHORE SUBSTATIONS
• Off-shore substations
• Requirements UHV substations, reliability in design, repair and maintenance
tines, integrated mechanical design open type UHV substations
• Insulation characteristics of SS up to 765 kV
• Planning, design and operation of future substations
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Organisation for Substation Reference Book
CHAPTER 7
SECONDARY INSTALLATIONS
• Secondary installations, application policy, design and maintenance practice,
design and installation of equipment, secondary systems interface modeling,
change management, acceptance tests digital systems, control system
selection, design and operating experience computer based systems,
reliability of substations with regard to secondary equipment., EMI in
secondary systems
• Instrument transformer technology and service behaviour; several papers,
new principles in GIS
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Organisation for Substation Reference Book
CHAPTER 8
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AND ON
SUBSTATIONS
• Handling, recycling, disposal, status, reuse
• SF6 mixtures
• Substation environmental impact
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CHAPTER 9
SUBSTATION MANAGEMENT ISSUES
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Replacement management
Condition monitoring management
Substation security
Asset management electric infrastructure
Substation reliability. Comparison of two methods
Maintenance of SS in technical, economical and organisational respect
Dynamic loading of transmission equipment
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CHAPTER 10
FUTURE TRENDS
• Much of this chapter will need to be written as new because the previous
work on future trends is well over ten years old and we should be up to date
at least at first publication
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SC B3 GREEN BOOK
Organisation for Substation Reference Book
 The idea to prepare a chapter covers
maintenance issues, and particularly live
working maintenance in substations is under
consideration.
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SC B3 GREEN BOOK
Guide Book for SF6
CIGRE Green bank on SF6 using the available and upcoming SF6 brochures
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CIGRE SC B3 AND D1 JOINT COLLOQUIUM
Study Committee B3
B3/D1 International Colloquium and Study Committee Meeting
Brisbane, Queensland Australia - September 8th ÷ 13th, 2013
MANAGING SUBSTATIONS IN THE POWER SYSTEM
OF THE FUTURE
Trends in Technology, Design, Materials and Diagnostics
PREFERRENTIAL SUBJECTS:
1. Latest Developments in Substation Design.
2. Impact of Modern Materials and Emerging Test.
Techniques on Substation Equipment
3. Life Cycle Management and Maintenance.
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PARIS SESSION 2014
STUDY COMMITTEE B3
PREFERRENTIAL SUBJECTS
PS1 SUBSTATION DEVELOPMENTS TO ADDRESS FUTURE NEEDS
• Integration of new approaches to grid automation in transmission
and distribution substations,
• Impact of new grid developments on substation design.
• Off shore substations,
• Low cost and fast deployment distribution substations.
PS2 LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT OF SUBSTATIONS
• Renovation, refurbishment, extension and up-rating of substations,
• Asset management, maintenance, monitoring, reliability and
sustainability issues,
• Managing risk in design, installation and operation of substations.
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NAGOYA MEETING 2015
CIGRE SC A3 & B3
Joint Colloquium / Tutorial
Challenges for Further Reliable HV/MV
Substation and Equipment in the Future
(tentative)
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NAGOYA MEETING 2015
CIGRE SC A3 & B3
Joint Colloquium / Tutorial
Underground Substation
Nagoya Castle
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PROPOSALS FOR SC A3 FUTURE ACTIVITY
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PROPOSALS WITH RELATION TO SC B3
1. Solutions for severe climate conditions.
2. Development of solutions for power evacuation
from off shore wind farms.
3. DC solutions for power evacuation from wind
farms.
4. Green book.
5. The evolution of substations for 2050.
6. The environmental footprint of substations.
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PROPOSALS FOR SC A3 FUTURE ACTIVITY
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PROPOSALS WITH RELATION TO SC B3
after discussion during Brisbane meeting
1. Secondary and monitoring systems of HV
Equipment.
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SEE YOU IN PARIS
Thank you very much for your attention
See you in Paris
please send your questions and comments to
S.Samek@energoprojekt.krakow.pl
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